Looking at again, it appears they got a really nice coat straight out of the gun. The guy who painted it knows his stuff.

Ajay, they have to get the spray right because on airplanes, unlike autos, you don’t do a cut and buff. Doing a cut would take the paint off the raised rivets. So the paint has to go on right the first time without much refining.

And, yes, this shop knows what they are doing. I looked around and did some checking before selecting them.

As Cold_Gambler said, they know their stuff and are professional.

It is getting closer. Stopped by to see it on the way to Sun n Fun and also pull one of my GPS to take with me to have the firmware and database software updated. The quality of the finish is excellent.

Should be ready to inspect and test fly on Thursday. Four more days, I can hardly wait.

OG I would sack them, someone has taken a sharpie to your reg number

looking very good, I do like the way you have chosen to have the accents done.

I spent a good bit of my teenage years in one of the paint shops of my dad's garage, and yes there are some very good spray painters out there, we had one guy that was outstanding, he could colour match and spray a perfect coat, we used to get a lot of work from other garages that needed that extra special touch, including Rolls Royces and Bentleys, Jackie Stewart used to send his cars to us to get painted too.

Not touched a spray gun in about 40 years now

Very crisp and sharp looking work.Looking pretty sporty, you must itching to get airborne and show her off

Looking really nice OG.


Wheels

In the second photo, you can see how the bottom of the wing reflects. That really shows what a nice finish they did. And it hasn’t been polished and waxed yet.

That's going to look spectacular!

Curious: With such a big disassembly of so many small nuts and bolts, linkage rods and whatever - is there any special process or method to make sure everything is in the aircraft again, at the right position?

It looks so sweet!

Well, this is the finish of my 1:1 scale Cessna 177 painting.

Oh Happy Day. She is finished. We did note a few things that need correction, but nothing of real note. After a very thorough pre-flight inspection and initial start-up and run-up, I did a second preflight inspection. Then it was time for taxi test and test flight. Here I am getting ready to go.



Again the registration number is blacked out and somehow I got a black arrow on it.

After a good taxi and pattern test flight I landed at the same field and did a post flight inspection. All was good, so I flew it to my home field.




And put her back where she belongs; safe in her nest. The hangar looks so much better with my girl in it.





Tomorrow I will take her up and give her a more thorough test. Wring her out; stalls, steep turns, slips, auto-pilot, and do some VORs. I want to do this more complete test flight before taking anyone else up.

The pictures don’t do justice to how nicely everything is finished out. Very detailed and excellent work.

Great looking job, OG. I like how the wheel covers turned out, a good match.

Very classy looking aircraft!

Congratulations OG I'll bet you feel the same joy as we all do with a new born S! to the new baby

Looking fantastic OG.

Well, that came out gorgeous. Love the T-Shirt too

I really like the classy classic looks of it!

I know I am being a bore about this, ..... but this is just a taste of how nice it came out. The seals around the windows and the new stainless steel screws, actuators, swivels, etc are just a thing of beauty. Here is the front gear. If you look closely you can see the clouds reflected on the front of the wheel pant.

So, how did they make sure every screw and rod went back where it came from?

BTW, how do you wash an aircraft to keep it so nice? All by hand?

Looks great OG!

Man....what an improvement!

Great lookin bird.

Awesome paint job.